Moses named his son Gershom to demonstrate that he________

Moses named his son Gershom to demonstrate that he was a stranger in Midian. When Moses fled Egypt after killing an Egyptian taskmaster, he went to Midian and married a woman named Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, a Midianite priest. Moses had a son with Zipporah and named him Gershom, which means "a stranger there." Moses chose this name to remind himself and others that he was a foreigner in Midian, a land where he did not belong. This name also reflected Moses' feelings of displacement and his longing to return to his own people and his true home.